Grid'5000: A Large Scale And Highly Reconfigurable Experimental Grid Testbed

  • Authors:
  • Raphaël Bolze;Franck Cappello;Eddy Caron;Michel Daydé;Frédéric Desprez;Emmanuel Jeannot;Yvon Jégou;Stephane Lanteri;Julien Leduc;Noredine Melab;Guillaume Mornet;Raymond Namyst;Pascale Primet;Benjamin Quetier;Olivier Richard;El-Ghazali Talbi;Iréa Touche

  • Affiliations:
  • Lip, Ens Lyon;Inria, Lri, Paris;Lip, Ens Lyon;Inpt/Irit, Toulouse;Lip, Ens Lyon;Loria, Inria;Irisa, Inria;Inria Sophia Antipolis;Inria, Lri, Paris;Lifl, Université De Lille;Irisa, Inria;Labri, Université De Bordeaux;Lip, Ens Lyon;Inria, Lri, Paris;Laboratoire Id-Imag;Lifl, Université De Lille;Lgc, Toulouse

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Large scale distributed systems such as Grids are difficult to study from theoretical models and simulators only. Most Grids deployed at large scale are production platforms that are inappropriate research tools because of their limited reconfiguration, control and monitoring capabilities. In this paper, we present Grid'5000, a 5000 CPU nation-wide infrastructure for research in Grid computing. Grid'5000 is designed to provide a scientific tool for computer scientists similar to the large-scale instruments used by physicists, astronomers, and biologists. We describe the motivations, design considerations, architecture, control, and monitoring infrastructure of this experimental platform. We present configuration examples and performance results for the reconfiguration subsystem.